arch linux install

so i was able to successfully install arch linux with an xfce desktop, but unfortunately the archwiki site is currently down, so i'm having trouble configuring it.

will people who use arch please supply some of the servers they use and what programs they can download/install from said servers? i've been able to install OOo, Firefox, Thunderbird, and some more common things.

i attempted to install ccsm, and i believe it did install. how do i enable it?

additionally, i keep getting an error message saying that arch cannot mount cds when i insert them into my dvd drive, and no partitions in my laptop are showing up (i have a total of 1 partition for windows, 1 for storage, and 1 for ubuntu) besides the partition dedicated to arch, is there something i have to do to be able to see the other partitions?

 

Wait for the site to come back up and then read the manual.

 

Thanks, but you didn't have to join this site just to tell me that.

 

Do give Godane's Archiso or the Chakra Arch Distro, a spin - both of which are a livecd based Arch installers.

Reduces the barrier to entry, quite a bit!

 

i was able to get ccsm working, however i was unable to get the disk mounting to work.

no matter what i do, it always gives me an error when i attempt to insert removable media, and it cannot see any other partitons on my hard drive. The partitions can be seen perfectly fine in ubuntu and the NTFS partition can be seen fine in windows, but arch cannot view any partitions except its own. can anyone give me suggestions on what file i might have to change?

i looked into the fstab file, but comparing arch's to ubuntu's doesn't show anything additional in ubuntu's that isn't in arch's.

 

anyone have suggestions that are actually relevant???

 

I believe its a hal problem.

Edit your /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf files and add the following:

Code:

 <match user="$USER">
                <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
                        <return result="yes"/>
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-fixed-extra-options">
              
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options">
                
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
        </match> 

replacing $USER with your username

 

Is it just me or can you guys also not see whats in the code?

Anyways google "archwiki hal", and go to the troubleshooting part about "permission denied"

 

Edit your /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf files and add the following:

PHP:

<match user="$USER">
                <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
                        <return result="yes"/>
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-fixed-extra-options">
              
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options">
                
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
        </match> 

replacing $USER with your username

Fixed.

 

calvin that worked for getting arch to read my usb flash drive.

do you have any ideas about getting arch to read partitions? will i have to edit my fstab list?

 

Whatever you end up installing, make sure the distro works for YOU, and you don't work for IT; and IT is it, not I.T. lol

 

Read the beginners guide.